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1 Jan, 2000 00:00

MORE THAN TWO MILLION BRITONS WATCH RT, THE RUSSIAN NEWS CHANNEL

MOSCOW, DECEMBER 8 – More than two million Britons watch RT, the Russian news channel.

In market research covering Great Britain, Kantar finds that over two million British viewers watch RT. This exceeds the audience of leading European channels such as Deutsche Welle and France 24, both major rivals of RT. RT's average monthly audience in Britain is now over 5 times larger than that of the German Deutsche Welle, and 1.5 times larger than that of the English-language channel France 24. The market research highlighted the strengths of the Russian television channel – respondents pointed to different take on news from mainstream media as the main reason they watch RT. The survey also showed that 45% of British viewers think that mainstream media, such

 

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